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president assad of syria is an alawite. the fear in antakya is that if assad is overthrown, his opponents will target all alawites, everywhere. >> turkey is predominantly muslim but residents of the southern hatay region like to tout its rich, historic, religious mosaic. christ's apostles, peter and paul, spent time in hatay's main city antakya, the biblical antioch, which is often called the cradle of christianity. >> antakya is a city of tolerance. we have tolerance for every different culture and religion. >> we have been living in antakya with arabs, with sunnis, with armenian people, with kurdish people all together. >> but beneath the appearance of business as usual, there's deep anxiety here as events unfold a few miles across the border in syria. in furniture shops and truck repair shops, business has actually been terrible since the syrian conflict began. >> of course there was a friendship. there were organic ties between antakya and syria. people were coming and going between the two countries. >> the syrians use
president assad of syria is an alawite. the fear in antakya is that if assad is overthrown, his opponents will target all alawites, everywhere. >> turkey is predominantly muslim but residents of the southern hatay region like to tout its rich, historic, religious mosaic. christ's apostles, peter and paul, spent time in hatay's main city antakya, the biblical antioch, which is often called the cradle of christianity. >> antakya is a city of tolerance. we have tolerance for every...
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. >> in a rare address to the nation, the syrian president bashar al-assad. he proposed a new constitution that he said would include new laws for the party's and local administration. he think russia and china for their support of syria and stressed that his country would defend themselves from outside forces. the last time he addressed the nation was in june 2012. coverage comes to us courtesy of al-ajzeera english. -- al- jazeera english. >> this is the first time since november that the president has given a public address in his own country. official figures in united nations said as many as 60,000 people have lost their lives during the course of the 21 month conflict. [chanting] our translator is standing by [applause] -- by. [applause] president bashar al-assad, live from the syrian capital. >> ladies and gentlemen, today i look at your faces and the faces of the people of my country with sadness and pain. i look at the eyes of the children of syria. i'd look at the hands of the elderly today, pain and suffering is spread all over syria. safety and se
. >> in a rare address to the nation, the syrian president bashar al-assad. he proposed a new constitution that he said would include new laws for the party's and local administration. he think russia and china for their support of syria and stressed that his country would defend themselves from outside forces. the last time he addressed the nation was in june 2012. coverage comes to us courtesy of al-ajzeera english. -- al- jazeera english. >> this is the first time since november...
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they have been chanting, "with our soul and blood, we will defend you, assad." [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> president obama is expected to make a few personnel announcements for is national security team. former republican senator from nebraska, chuck kaye goal -- chuck hagel, select it to replace outgoing leon panetta. and it john brennan is expected to renominated as the head of teh cia. he withdrew a his name for consideration years ago over his support of certain interrogation techniques. we will have that announcement why about 1:00 and we will likely hear more during today's white house briefing with a spokesperson jakarta. -- jay carney. >> i think cybersecurity remains a top priority. massar congress failed to reach a decision in 2012. they remain very far apart in these social security standpoint. >> there will be an incentive option to create more of a spectrum so that the sec house this rolled up. some of the hot-button issues are the unlicensed spectrum that hours
they have been chanting, "with our soul and blood, we will defend you, assad." [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> president obama is expected to make a few personnel announcements for is national security team. former republican senator from nebraska, chuck kaye goal -- chuck hagel, select it to replace outgoing leon panetta. and it john brennan is expected to renominated as the head of teh cia. he...
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will not talk to the assad regime as long as assad is in power. my fear is that at the end of this conflict, syria will most likely be destroyed and syria, assad will go. but in the meantime, in the meantime, 2013 will most likely be very violent and more syrians will die in the country. >> you still feel that it would be a mistake for the west to intervene? >> well the west has intervened. the west is wamging a war by other means. against the assad regime. economic war, financial war, intelligence war. but the reality is the west is very reluctant to provide arms to the opposition. here is the irony. the west supports the opposition. in particular, the syrian national coalition. yet also the united states has put the so-called jihad, a radical jihadist group. >> and it is -- >> they branded them a terrorist organization. >> absolutely. yet, they are one of the most important potent and skilled fighting machines, inside syria. here is the irony, what do you do? how do you provide the opposition with arms. in order to expedite the end of the confli
will not talk to the assad regime as long as assad is in power. my fear is that at the end of this conflict, syria will most likely be destroyed and syria, assad will go. but in the meantime, in the meantime, 2013 will most likely be very violent and more syrians will die in the country. >> you still feel that it would be a mistake for the west to intervene? >> well the west has intervened. the west is wamging a war by other means. against the assad regime. economic war, financial...
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president obama said assad must go. we have not armed the rebellion, but our allies have, especially saudi arabia and qatar. mostly with small arms. there are credible reports they had surface to air missiles. it is a messy civil war. we have chosen a side. right now, it is stalemated. we have offered support to the rebellion. once he started massacring his own people, i don't think a lot of our allies would have accepted any other choice but to stand on the side of these people who want a say in their own lives. host: of viewer says -- of er says, " iview wher have to admit most of color is true. cia is involved." republican line with james kitfield. caller: james, i have an observation for you. that is that many of these wars that we have become involved in are merely proxy wars. we are drawn in all the way from johnson in vietnam up to president george w. bush to where we are bankrupting our country with these proxy wars. i think that what has happened here is president obama is withdrawing, and he is becoming an iso
president obama said assad must go. we have not armed the rebellion, but our allies have, especially saudi arabia and qatar. mostly with small arms. there are credible reports they had surface to air missiles. it is a messy civil war. we have chosen a side. right now, it is stalemated. we have offered support to the rebellion. once he started massacring his own people, i don't think a lot of our allies would have accepted any other choice but to stand on the side of these people who want a say...
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>>> syrian president bashar al-assad announces he's not going anywhere. this is new video of him speaking publicly for the first time in months. bashar al-assad says he has no plans of stepping down. 60,000 syrians have died during the two-year year. >>> search crews working to find the head of the smithsoniany fashion house. his plane vanished, his wife, two friends and crew members were onboard. the twin engine plane dropped off the radar, just a 45 minute trip from the i'd where it took off. >>> a story from a woman who escaped her burning home after a plane crashed into it. susan was about to run errands when something made her stop. had she kept walking she would have been in the path of the plane. >> i stopped, plane hit the house. boom. there's no way anyone else should have got out of there, but god has other plans for me. >> three people inside the plane were killed. the cause of the crash is being investigated. >>> it's only january but men's health picked the hottest man of 2013. ♪ katy perry. clayton, wholeheartedly agrees. they cannot get e
>>> syrian president bashar al-assad announces he's not going anywhere. this is new video of him speaking publicly for the first time in months. bashar al-assad says he has no plans of stepping down. 60,000 syrians have died during the two-year year. >>> search crews working to find the head of the smithsoniany fashion house. his plane vanished, his wife, two friends and crew members were onboard. the twin engine plane dropped off the radar, just a 45 minute trip from the i'd...
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. >> in a rare address to the nation, the syrian president bashar al-assad. he proposed a new constitution that he said would include new laws for the parties and local administration. he think russia and china for their support of syria and stressed that his country would defend themselves from outside forces. the last time he addressed the nation was in june 2012. coverage comes to us courtesy of al-jazeera english. >> this is the first time since november that the president has given a public address in his own country. official figures in united nations said as many as 60,000 people have lost their lives during the course of the 21 month conflict. [chanting] our translator is standing by. [applause] [applause] president bashar al-assad, live from the syrian capital. >> ladies and gentlemen, today i look at your faces and the faces of the people of my country with sadness and pain. i look at the eyes of the children of syria. i'd look at the hands of the elderly today, pain and suffering is spread all over syria. safety and security are absent in these str
. >> in a rare address to the nation, the syrian president bashar al-assad. he proposed a new constitution that he said would include new laws for the parties and local administration. he think russia and china for their support of syria and stressed that his country would defend themselves from outside forces. the last time he addressed the nation was in june 2012. coverage comes to us courtesy of al-jazeera english. >> this is the first time since november that the president has...